An intimate and unflinching look at life in Iran, seen through the lens of those living at its fringes, 

 is a provocative look at a generation of young Iranian men choosing to undergo sex change surgery.

"This documentary mainly focuses on access to gender affirming surgeries in Iran. It follows several trans people, as they discuss very intimate details of their transition, having to defend themselves to family members and strangers, as well as talking about trans issues with Muslim religious scholars.

The director, being a cis woman, unfortunately does not use the best language to talk about trans people and has misgendered them in the documentary description. This was the first time I had ever seen Iranian trans people, in general, but also in a documentary.

One very mesmerizing person, and the only trans man in this documentary, who is unnamed, talks about how much women fancy him already, and that he cannot wait for his transition. Although he only appears for less than 3 minutes, the way he was unapologetic about his desires has stayed with me since the first time I watched this documentary as a teenager.

Although it might have been made through a difficult cis gaze, It is an important and raw documentation of the everyday lives of trans people in Iran."

- Katayoun Jalilipour, written on behalf of Otherness Archive for #TransLifeFreedom: A list of 5 Iranian films that center trans identities, gender non-conformity and queerness, with a focus on trans masculinity

Be Like Others 

José Maria is a seventeen-year-old boy who lives in Barcelona. He starts to have problems when he realizes that he is not happy with the body he has had in life and wants to change sex to become a woman. This will bring him problems with the school, which will ask for his transfer; with his father, who will try to get the boy to have sex with a woman to change his mind, and with society in general, who will look at him badly for wearing dresses.

Cambio de Sexo (Change of Sex)

Deep within a rotoscoped dream, three transgender people confront a cataclysmic flood. Featuring stories from Jessie Anderson, Helen Poon and Al Mackay. 

My graduation film for Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
Flash Flood is currently represented by the Canadian Filmmakers' Distribution Center: All screening requests can be made to bookings@cfmdc.org

Screening History:
Festival du Nouveau Cinema - 2017
Whistler Film Festival - 2017
San Francisco Transgender Film Festival - 2017
Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival - 2018
Vancouver Short Film Festival - 2018
Reel 2 Real Film Festival - 2018
Seattle Translations Film Festival - 2018
Los Angeles OUTFEST - 2018
Arkipel Festival Indonesia - 2018
Vancouver Queer Film Festival - 2018
TWIST Seattle Queer Film Festival - 2018
Pittsburgh International LGBTQ+ Festival - 2018
Tilde Melbourne Film Festival - 2018
Reel Q Festival - 2018
Trans Film Fest Stockholm - 2018
NewFest New York - 2018

Flash Flood

What happens when two Transdykes get sick of non-transsexual's uninformed representation of their sexualities and their lives? They grab their 8 millimeter home video camera, their last 200 bucks, and come up with an uncompromising in-your-face flick about their shitty relationships with gay men and their unabashed attraction to other transsexual women.

We would like to note that one of the filmmakers, Jeanne B was used as a pseudonym name. Her real name is Mirha-Soleil Ross and has made other film works from the past.  

Gender Troublemakers

 is a short documentary on the intersections of drag, gender identity and queer community from the perspectives of six drag artists at varying stages in their careers.

For a copy of the film the artist has requested you contact them erynmcd [dot] creative [at] gmail.com

Queer Is A Tender Feeling

Trans woman attempts to translate a poem to her mother over the phone. Film consists of their phone call between the two women and the poem with various backgrounds.

THESE KIDS DON'T GET IT, MA.

TRANSformazzjoni is a documentary that provides an insight into Trans* peoples’ everyday lives in Malta. The documentary puts a spotlight on 5 Maltese Trans* people from different walks of life giving full visibility to a wide range of people in the Trans* community, which all represent a section of Maltese society and to which different people can relate to.

TRANSformazzjoni 

Transfinite is a sci-fi omnibus feature film composed of seven standalone short stories where supernatural trans and queer people from various cultures use their powers to protect, love, teach, fight and thrive.

Transfinite

 follows a group of Transgender individuals struggling to make their way in every strata of 1980s America. From ﬁnding employment to ﬁnding acceptance, the ﬁrst question the world forces them to ask is always, "

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